Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is an online service allows a teacher to engage instantly with their students via quick, simple polls & challenges. The questions created are administered by either visiting a mobile website, or through texting & twitter. Teachers are able to customize questions & question format to engage learners in a variety of ways. Student responses can be downloaded & analyzed, or the results can be discussed in realtime during the learning experience. *Please note that the free version limits each poll to responses from 40 individuals. As a solution consider creating student groups (2-4) to engage in the activities. There are four major polling formats:

Multiple choice or true/false:

Images can be added as reponse options

The number of responses can be increased as needed

Open-ended

Responses can be collated as word clouds, clusters, tickertape or text wall

Clickable images:

Teachers can upload your own images

Students click on the image location that best responds to the poll question

Q&A or brainstorm

Allows questions to be posed & voted on by class/audience

Ideas to be shared & voted on by class/audience

Live, instant results are graphically displayed which can be customized in a variety of formats, depending on question type. Teachers can keep the results private or share with the students.

Applications:

Review of assigned readings at start of class

Brainstorming

Q & A sessions

Review before tests/quizzes

Questions about content being presented

Check for understanding

Review of class experience

Identifying student preferences

Lead discussions of topics

Initiate small group discussion to determine best responses, etc.

Voting & polling on positions/perspectives

Research & data collection

Getting Started:

Teacher:

First, create an account by clicking the sign up in the top right corner.

Watch tutorial video then answer the question below to create your first poll.